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Henri-Joseph Ruxthiel

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Henri-Joseph Ruxthiel
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Henri-Joseph Rutxhiel (1775 in Lierneux, Holy Roman Empire 1837 in Paris, France) was a Belgian sculptor. He belonged to the neoclassicism movement.

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He was first a shepherd, then a sculptor in his late life. In 1800, he became the pupil of Jean-Antoine Houdon, then that of sculptor Philippe-Laurent Roland and the painter Jacques-Louis David. In 1809, he won the Prix de Rome for sculpture with a relief Dédale attachant des ailes à son fils Icare and then went to the Villa Medici.[1]

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